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Washington
Place, 1838-42
rensselaer county,
troy
saved
landmark status: Listed locally and included in a National Register district, 1973.
threat: Further deterioration and disinvestment.
Washington Park is the second oldest private square (1838) in the
United States, the first being Gramercy Park in New York City.
Years of advocacy on the part of the local neighborhood association
has brought new owners to the park neighborhood. However, several
of the original, ten Greek Revival-style townhouses located at
the south end of the park suffer from abandonment and neglect;
one building is only a stabilized façade. Passage of a state
historic home tax credit would aid reinvestment in Washington Place
and other urban and rural historic neighborhoods across New York
State by offering an incentive for economic reinvestment in residential
properties and neighborhood renewal.
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